2012-02-09T20:07:01Z http://thesocialgeeks.com/atom.aspx Quick Blogcast tag:www.thesocialgeeks.com,2012-02-09:886c993e-89a3-4d0c-bbef-d9d4033c5bd9 IdoNotes 2012-02-09T06:38:38Z 2012-02-09T06:38:38Z <div><font style="font-size: 12px;"></font>An exceptional roundtable with <a href="http://jeffisageek.net">Jeff Smith</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/michaelcummings" target="_blank">Michael Cummings</a>, <a href="http://robertmurray.me" target="_blank">Robert Murray</a> and <a href="http://TheSocialNetworker.com" target="_blank">Chris Miller</a> covering the latest social media site news. &nbsp;</div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <a>Please visit our sponsor:<br> </a><a href="http://bit.ly/mozypod1" target="_blank">MozyPro Online Backup: Simple, Automatic Secure Backup</a><br> <div><br> </div> <div>We tackle:</div> <div> <ul> <li>Path and Addressgate</li> <li>Rapportive being bought by LinkedIn</li> <li>Pinterest is skimming affiliate links</li> <li>Facebook makes more Timeline and photo changes</li> <li>Isnt't there always more?</li> </ul> </div> <div><br> You can always follow our <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/groups/socialgeeks">show notes on Diigo</a><a> for all the links we cover</a><br> <div></div> <div><br> </div> <div>TheSocialGeeks is part of <a target="_blank" href="http://SpikedStudio.com">Spiked Studio Productions</a>. &nbsp;Find us on <a href="http://facebook.com/SpikedStudio">Facebook</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/SpikedStudio" target="_blank">YouTube</a>.</div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> </div>

Addressgate with Path, Rapportive bought, Pinterest skimming links, Facebook changes again.

tag:www.thesocialgeeks.com,2011-12-23:1b84f703-937a-4a49-ade5-92bb4fb7b2ff IdoNotes 2011-12-23T19:46:06Z 2011-12-23T19:46:06Z <font style="font-size: 12px;"></font>Join&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/calebelston"></a><a href="http://robertmurray.me">Robert Murray</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/michaelcummings" target="" class="">Michael Cummings</a> and <a target="_blank" href="http://spikedstudio.com">myself</a>&nbsp;as we have great conversations around:<br> <ul> <li>Facebook Timeline security and implementation</li> <li>Facebook releases an update to Android first?</li> <li>SOPA (please get involved)</li> <li>The new, new, new, new Twitter and why Chris doesn't have it</li><li>and always more<br></li> </ul> <div><a></a></div> <a> <div></div> </a> <div><a>Please visit our sponsor:<br></a><a href="http://bit.ly/mozypod1" target="_blank" class="">MozyPro Online Backup: Simple, Automatic Secure Backup</a><br> </div> <br> You can always follow our <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/groups/socialgeeks">show notes on Diigo</a><a> for all the links we cover</a><br> <div></div> <div><br> </div> <div>TheSocialGeeks is part of <a target="_blank" href="http://SpikedStudio.com">Spiked Studio Productions</a></div> <div><br> </div>

Facebook Timeline security and implementation, the new (x4) Twitter, SOPA, Android releases and more.

tag:www.thesocialgeeks.com,2011-12-08:448e4619-ebf4-4653-86e5-0c65a2f9e4f6 IdoNotes 2011-12-09T01:28:34Z 2011-12-09T01:28:34Z <font style="font-size: 12px;"></font><font style="font-size: 12px;"></font><font style="font-size: 12px;"></font><font style="font-size: 12px;"></font><font style="font-size: 12px;"></font><font style="font-size: 12px;"></font><font style="font-size: 12px;"></font>Join&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/calebelston">Caleb Elston</a>, <a href="http://robertmurray.me">Robert Murray</a>,&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://socialwayne.com">Wayne Sutton</a> and <a target="_blank" href="http://spikedstudio.com">myself</a>&nbsp;as we have great conversations around:<br> <ul> <li>Facebook buys Gowalla.&nbsp; What was the real purpose?<br></li> <li>Is Path.com the new mobile app to beat?<br></li> <li>If you have a whim to do something, Whim is the mobile app you need.<br></li> <li>Are we too far ahead of the adoption curve of the normal user?<br></li></ul> <div>You can always follow our <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/groups/socialgeeks">show notes on Diigo</a><a> for all the links we cover<br> </a></div> <a> <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> </a><div><a>Please visit our </a><a href="http://bit.ly/IdoHeadway" target="" class="">new sponsor&nbsp;Headway</a> for the simplest drag and drop interface for Wordpress Theming<br> <br> </div> <a href="http://bit.ly/IdoHeadway"><img alt="" src="http://SpikedStudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/headway.gif" height="125" width="400"></a><br> <div></div> <div><br> </div> <div>TheSocialGeeks is part of <a target="_blank" href="http://SpikedStudio.com">Spiked Studio Productions</a></div> <div><br></div>

We tackle why Facebook bought Gowalla, Path as the new app to beat, Whim and adoption curves

tag:www.thesocialgeeks.com,2011-11-28:19eba654-b228-46fd-9425-67e1d4747434 IdoNotes 2011-11-28T16:43:43Z 2011-11-28T16:43:43Z <FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"></FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"></FONT>Join&nbsp;<A href="http://twitter.com/liz_money" target=_blank>Liz Money</A>, <A href="http://shegeeks.net" target="">Corvida</A>,&nbsp;<A href="http://sarahintampa.com" target=_blank>Sarah Perez</A> and <A href="http://spikedstudio.com" target=_blank>myself</A>&nbsp;as we dig deep into facial recognition apps:<BR> <UL> <LI>Faced.me launches a new facial recognition app</LI> <LI>Face.com and it's api and billions of photos scanned</LI> <LI>Facial recognition privacy and where we do need it</LI> <LI>Personal.com launches a personal social network</LI> <LI>Google Plus welcome President Obama</LI> <LI>Pepperspray meme's<BR></LI></UL> <DIV>You can always follow our <A href="http://groups.diigo.com/groups/socialgeeks">show notes on Diigo</A><A> for all the links we cover<BR></A></DIV><A> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Please visit our new sponsor&nbsp;Headway for the simplest drag and drop interface for Wordpress Theming<BR><BR></DIV></A><A href="http://bit.ly/IdoHeadway"><IMG alt="" src="http://SpikedStudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/headway.gif" width=400 height=125></A><BR> <DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>TheSocialGeeks is part of <A href="http://SpikedStudio.com" target=_blank>Spiked Studio Productions</A></DIV> <DIV><BR><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"></FONT></DIV>

TheSocialGeeks dig into facial recognition apps, privacy and usability. Then Personal.com, Google Plus and pepperspray

tag:www.thesocialgeeks.com,2011-11-10:d01b9e84-f84e-453d-9edf-ce3012394504 IdoNotes 2011-11-10T17:34:56Z 2011-11-10T17:34:56Z <FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"></FONT>Join&nbsp;<A href="http://twitter.com/liz_money" target=_blank>Liz Money</A>, <A href="http://sarahintampa.com" target=_blank>Sarah Perez</A> and <A href="http://spikedstudio.com" target=_blank>myself</A>&nbsp;as we are all about the Goog this week:<BR> <UL> <LI>Google Reader loses social</LI> <LI>Google Plus and pages</LI> <LI>Google Plus circle management</LI> <LI>Trunk.ly purchase for Delicious new owners</LI> <LI>Ming.ly launches</LI></UL><BR> <DIV>You can always follow our <A href="http://groups.diigo.com/groups/socialgeeks">show notes on Diigo</A><A> for all the links we cover<BR></A></DIV><A> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Please visit our new sponsor&nbsp;Headway for the simplest drag and drop interface for Wordpress Theming<BR><BR></DIV></A><A href="http://bit.ly/IdoHeadway"><IMG alt="" src="http://SpikedStudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/headway.gif" width=400 height=125></A><BR> <DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>TheSocialGeeks is part of <A href="http://SpikedStudio.com" target=_blank>Spiked Studio Productions</A></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>

Guests Liz Money and Sarah Perez dig into Google Reader losing social, Google+ pages, Google+ circle management, Ming.ly launch and Trunk.ly being bought for Delicious.

tag:www.thesocialgeeks.com,2011-09-29:6c176f05-44d3-4017-bbaf-4aca2b9f92fd IdoNotes 2011-09-29T14:30:48Z 2011-09-29T14:30:48Z Join <a target="_blank" href="http://yobongo.com">Caleb Elston</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://robertmurray.me">Robert Murray</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/liz_money">Liz Money</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://sarahintampa.com">Sarah Perez</a> and <a target="_blank" href="http://spikedstudio.com">myself</a>&nbsp; We dug deep into a few topics this timer:<br> <ul> <li>Facebook Timeline</li> <li>Klout scores and the impact or usefulness</li> <li>Amazon tablet browser security</li> <li>Netflix split</li> </ul> <br> <div>You can always follow our <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/groups/socialgeeks">show notes on Diigo</a><a> for all the links we cover<br> </a></div><a> <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>Please visit our new sponsor Squarespace for your 14 day free trial and the easiest way to get your site online.</div> <div><br> </div> </a><div><a></a><a href="http://Squarespace.evyy.net/c/14381/9282/362"><img alt="" src="http://cdn.impactradius.com/display-ad/9282"> </a><img alt="" src="http://Squarespace.evyy.net/i/14381/9282/362" height="1" width="1"><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>TheSocialGeeks is part of <a target="_blank" href="http://SpikedStudio.com">Spiked Studio Productions</a></div> <div><br> <br> </div>

Facebook Timeline, Klout scores, Amazon browser and more

tag:www.thesocialgeeks.com,2011-07-14:b355b120-2868-4523-a826-a505fe52e65d IdoNotes 2011-07-14T22:46:07Z 2011-07-14T22:46:07Z In this first time video edition of TheSocialGeeks, we test out Google Hangout and give our impressions on the features and functions.<br><br>Join Wayne Sutton, Sarah Perez and myself.&nbsp; You can find us on Twitter as @TheSocialGeeks or individually!&nbsp; See the video for more information.<br><br><br><br><br>You can also watch this in <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/SpikedStudio" target="_blank" class="">HD on YouTube</a> and Mevio.<br><br>This podcast is produced by <a href="http://SpikedStudio.com" target="" class="">Spiked Studio Productions</a>.<br>

TheSocialGeeks use Google Hangout for our first video edition, covering Google Hangout!

tag:www.thesocialgeeks.com,2011-05-16:6bdc3bef-afeb-48a6-ac09-36d7c481c3c7 IdoNotes 2011-05-16T18:51:00Z 2011-05-16T18:51:00Z Join <a target="_blank" href="http://socialwayne.com">Wayne Sutton</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://robertmurray.me">Robert Murray</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://jeffisageek.net">Jeff Smith</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://shegeeks.net">Corvida</a> and <a target="_blank" href="http://spikedstudio.com">myself</a>&nbsp; The topics are fast and furious as we cover:<br> <ul> <li>Twitter buying Tweetdeck</li> <li>Kindle tablet</li> <li>Google Music in the cloud</li> <li>Microsoft buying Skype</li> <li>Google I/O announcements</li> <li>AOL enters the video chat realm</li> <li>Netflix for Android</li> <li>Empire Avenue</li> </ul> <br> <div>You can always follow our <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/groups/socialgeeks">show notes on Diigo</a></div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>Please visit our new sponsor Squarespace for your 14 day free trial and the easiest way to get your site online.</div> <div><br> </div> <div><a href="http://Squarespace.evyy.net/c/14381/9282/362"><img alt="" src="http://cdn.impactradius.com/display-ad/9282"> </a><img alt="" src="http://Squarespace.evyy.net/i/14381/9282/362" width="1" height="1"><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>TheSocialGeeks is part of <a target="_blank" href="http://SpikedStudio.com">Spiked Studio Productions</a></div> <div><br> <br> <br> <br> </div>

Twitter buys Tweetdeck, Microsoft buys Skype, Google Music, Kindle tablet, Netflix on Android, AOL and video chat and more.

tag:www.thesocialgeeks.com,2011-04-28:c5e4f944-0d1f-4734-80f3-58bd0e08861b IdoNotes 2011-04-28T14:12:00Z 2011-04-28T14:12:00Z <div>The whole crew was in the house for this roundtable of TheSocialGeeks. &nbsp;Join <a href="http://socialwayne.com" target="_blank">Wayne Sutton</a>, <a href="http://www.yobongo.com" target="_blank">Caleb Elston</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/sarahintampa" target="_blank">Sarah Perez</a>, <a href="http://jeffisageek.net" target="_blank">Jeff Smith</a>, <a href="http://shegeeks.net" target="_blank">Corvida</a> and <a href="http://spikedstudio.com" target="_blank">myself</a> as we cover todays announcements: </div> <div><br> </div> <div> <ul> <li>The sale of Tungle to Research In Motion (RIM)</li> <li>A brief jab at the BlackBerry Playbook</li> <li>Caleb talks what it is like to launch Yobongo at SXSW and futures</li> <li>The sale of Delicious to AVOS (the YouTube founders new corporation)</li> <li>How to get divorced via SMS</li> <li>Fring new 4-way video chat ability. &nbsp;Look for a full Fring review on <a href="http://blog.thesocialnetworker.com" target="" class="">TheSocialNetworker</a>.</li> </ul> </div> <center><a href="http://s233.photobucket.com/albums/ee269/TheSocialNetworker/?action=view&amp;current=snap20110427_223844.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee269/TheSocialNetworker/snap20110427_223844.png" width="150" height="300" alt="Fring test" style="border-width: 0px;border-style: solid;"></a></center> <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>You can always follow our <a href="http://groups.diigo.com/groups/socialgeeks">show notes on Diigo</a></div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>Please visit our new sponsor Squarespace for your 14 day free trial and the easiest way to get your site online.</div> <div><br> </div> <div><a href="http://Squarespace.evyy.net/c/14381/9282/362"><img alt="" src="http://cdn.impactradius.com/display-ad/9282"> </a><img alt="" height="1" width="1" src="http://Squarespace.evyy.net/i/14381/9282/362"><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>TheSocialGeeks is part of <a href="http://SpikedStudio.com" target="_blank">Spiked Studio Productions</a></div><div><br></div>

We round up Tungle's sale to RIM, Delicious to AVOS, BlackBerry Playbook, Fring video chat update, Yobongo launch and SMS divorces.

tag:www.thesocialgeeks.com,2011-04-14:50db979b-9f64-4dea-a40a-aa23679b80bc IdoNotes 2011-04-14T13:35:00Z 2011-04-14T13:35:00Z What started as a short list went into great conversations around:<br> <ul> <li>UberMedia and the Twitter clone<br></li> <li>Photosharing application clones<br></li> <li>What apps survived from SXSW</li><li>Music streaming services and cloud storage<br></li><li>and always more..</li> </ul> Join <a href="http://socialwayne.com" target="_blank">Wayne Sutton</a>, Sarah Perez (<a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com" target="_blank">ReadWriteWeb</a>),&nbsp;<a href="http://louisgray.com" target="_blank"></a>and <a href="http://TheSocialNetworker.com" target="_blank">myself</a> in this ~52 minute roundtable. <p> <br> <br> You can see our links right here on Diigo with the show linkroll below.<br> <br> </p> <div id="diigo_linkroll"><a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/idonotes" id="linkroll_title" target="_blank">TheSocialGeeks</a> <!--RADEDITORSAVEDTAG_script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.diigo.com/roll2/linkrolls?v=3&username=idonotes&l_type=0&count=10&desc=1&style=standard&title=TheSocialGeeks&tags=tsg034" ></script--> </div> <br> <br> Make sure to visit GoDaddy for discounts on all your domain needs.<br> <ul> <li><a title="Go Daddy $7.49 .com Sale!" href="http://affiliate.godaddy.com/redirect/821BCAEABABA47F072102D70A176ADB63543D0EC662102FF80F60F5B21E6B8F2">Go Daddy $7.49 .com Sale!</a></li> <li><a href="http://affiliate.godaddy.com/redirect/8D4D9412BEE8995A2C4DD986B5FF3275FC053C075FFD51C73C157E3671A526B1" title="Go Daddy $12.99 SSL Sale!">Go Daddy $12.99 SSL Sale!</a></li> <li><a href="http://affiliate.godaddy.com/redirect/A562392EF409AFF27A9A3B756ED5E90360E52A70610BE3BA37A14326C7889F02" title="Go Daddy Bulk Domain Registration">Go Daddy Bulk Domain Registration</a></li> <li><a href="http://affiliate.godaddy.com/redirect/B7D1DB3A4D6D25833ECEEB52DE013173C86DB2E8923B06C9707DB9147B3A9E99" title="Host your WordPress Blog at GoDaddy.com">Host your WordPress Blog at GoDaddy.com</a></li> <li><a href="http://affiliate.godaddy.com/redirect/9A443F06E87BD6E0D548EB4933E7BBB62B2615A9FB4BD3000DADD3C3A96E680F" title=".US Domain Sale! Only $3.49/yr">.US Domain Sale! Only $3.49/yr</a></li> </ul> <br>

Roundtable on UberMedia and Twitter clones, photosharing apps, music streaming services, app survival rate and more.